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      <h1 class="sect1">
        <a id="ch-system-automake" name="ch-system-automake"></a>6.39.
        Automake-1.13.1
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          The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for
          use with Autoconf.
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            <div class="seg">
              <strong class="segtitle">Approximate build time:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">less than 0.1 SBU (34.1 SBU with
              tests)</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Required disk space:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">100 MB</span>
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          6.39.1. Installation of Automake
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          Prepare Automake for compilation:
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<kbd class=
"command">./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/automake-1.13.1</kbd>
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          Compile the package:
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<kbd class="command">make</kbd>
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            Note
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            The tests take a very long time: over 30 SBUs. Running the tests
            is not recommended.
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          To test the results, issue:
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<kbd class="command">make check</kbd>
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          Install the package:
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<kbd class="command">make install</kbd>
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          <a id="contents-automake" name="contents-automake"></a>6.39.2.
          Contents of Automake
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed programs:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-1.13,
              automake, automake-1.13, compile, config.guess, config.sub,
              depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing,
              mkinstalldirs, py-compile, symlink-tree, and ylwrap</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed directories:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">/usr/share/aclocal-1.13,
              /usr/share/automake-1.13, /usr/share/doc/automake-1.13.1</span>
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            Short Descriptions
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                  <p>
                    <a id="acinstall" name="acinstall"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>acinstall</strong></span></span>
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                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A script that installs aclocal-style M4 files
                  </p>
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    <a id="aclocal" name="aclocal"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>aclocal</strong></span></span>
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                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    Generates <code class="filename">aclocal.m4</code> files
                    based on the contents of <code class=
                    "filename">configure.in</code> files
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                </td>
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    <a id="aclocalversion" name=
                    "aclocalversion"></a><span class="term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>aclocal-1.13</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    A hard link to <span class=
                    "command"><strong>aclocal</strong></span>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="automake" name="automake"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>automake</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A tool for automatically generating <code class=
                    "filename">Makefile.in</code> files from <code class=
                    "filename">Makefile.am</code> files. To create all the
                    <code class="filename">Makefile.in</code> files for a
                    package, run this program in the top-level directory. By
                    scanning the <code class="filename">configure.in</code>
                    file, it automatically finds each appropriate
                    <code class="filename">Makefile.am</code> file and
                    generates the corresponding <code class=
                    "filename">Makefile.in</code> file
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    <a id="automake-version" name=
                    "automake-version"></a><span class="term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>automake-1.13</strong></span></span>
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                  <p>
                    A hard link to <span class=
                    "command"><strong>automake</strong></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="compile" name="compile"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>compile</strong></span></span>
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                  <p>
                    A wrapper for compilers
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    <a id="config.guess" name="config.guess"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>config.guess</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for
                    the given build, host, or target architecture
                  </p>
                </td>
              </tr>
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    <a id="config.sub" name="config.sub"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>config.sub</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A configuration validation subroutine script
                  </p>
                </td>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="depcomp" name="depcomp"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>depcomp</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A script for compiling a program so that dependency
                    information is generated in addition to the desired
                    output
                  </p>
                </td>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="elisp-comp" name="elisp-comp"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>elisp-comp</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
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                  <p>
                    Byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code
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                  <p>
                    <a id="install-sh" name="install-sh"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>install-sh</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A script that installs a program, script, or data file
                  </p>
                </td>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="mdate-sh" name="mdate-sh"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>mdate-sh</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A script that prints the modification time of a file or
                    directory
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                  <p>
                    <a id="missing" name="missing"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>missing</strong></span></span>
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                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs
                    during an installation
                  </p>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="mkinstalldirs" name=
                    "mkinstalldirs"></a><span class="term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>mkinstalldirs</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A script that creates a directory tree
                  </p>
                </td>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="py-compile" name="py-compile"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>py-compile</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    Compiles a Python program
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                    <a id="symlink-tree" name="symlink-tree"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>symlink-tree</strong></span></span>
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                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree
                  </p>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="ylwrap" name="ylwrap"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>ylwrap</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    A wrapper for <span class=
                    "command"><strong>lex</strong></span> and <span class=
                    "command"><strong>yacc</strong></span>
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